Set in Fort Worth, TX, a city that blends cosmopolitan energy and cowboy culture, Anime Frontier Powered By Crunchyroll brings together the best of the US and Japan for a showcase of what’s next in Japanese entertainment. Featuring some of the biggest guests in anime and manga and leading publishers in their first appearance in […]
Outrun the ordinary. Be an athlete ambassador for the City of Dallas at the 2020 Sendai International Half Marathon. The Japan-America Society will send two runners to compete in the half marathon on May 10, 2020.
Employers are facing continually changing regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel of attorneys experienced in counseling Japan-based companies in the U.S. presents the current status of executive and regulatory actions in the U.S., as well as high-level overviews on leave, safety, wage-hour, and privacy issues. This webinar is designed to provide the most […]
JASDFW is glad to share this program presented by the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Zen Buddhist priest Rev. Takafumi Kawakami will join a global audience, live from the Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto, to lead a session in the practice of self-cultivation. This practice begins with meditation and according to tradition, helps us create more […]
Join us to celebrate another outstanding year and for our first-ever virtual annual meeting and members' social. Although we cannot share delicious Japanese cuisine during this year's meeting, we encourage you to support Japanese restaurants around the Dallas/Fort Worth area and order food for take-out. Please visit our suggested restaurant list for some ideas. This […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered lives around the globe. It has forced travel restrictions, many daily work to take place online, and communication to occur remotely through video platforms. This has created new opportunities to instantly interact with people thousands of miles away, however cultural and […]
The fracking revolution that began a decade ago has drastically altered the geography and economics of global energy supplies. This revolution has led to a renaissance in oil and gas/LNG investment that few could have foreseen. The COVID-19 crisis has presented another severe—and unpredictable—disruption that has led to an unprecedented drop in the global oil […]
Over the last decades, gaming has become a major component of the entertainment industry with an estimated 162 million American households owning a gaming console and an estimated market size of $1.9 billion in 2021. As countless people across the globe began to shelter-in-place in early 2020 due to COVID-19, the gaming industry saw little […]
JASDFW is working on an additional sake program for later this summer, please see below for the event from Japan Society (New York). We will also highlight local sake options in the coming weeks, so that you can support North Texas businesses while enjoying the event. We are glad to promote Japan Society's annual sake […]
Radio Taiso, or Rajio Taiso ( ラジオ体操 ) as its pronounced in Japanese, is a fitness routine set to music widely practiced in Japan. It was first introduced nearly a century ago and remains a staple of daily life with 6:30 AM broadcasts on TV and radio. Composed of 13 simple movements, the exercise will […]
Glen S. Fukushima will give a presentation on Japan’s response to COVID-19, from early signs, to a current update. Please also read his recent opinion piece with The Japan Times. If you have questions about the event, please contact kono@jaschicago.org. Fukushima is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a public policy think […]
Sharing a meal is an age-old act of bonding and fellowship, and sharing cuisine across borders serves as a way to connect communities and cultures. For this webinar, we will feature two world-class chefs and restaurateurs who will share what inspired them to a life of building and bridging communities through culinary exchange across […]
